Cedric Richmond

Cedric Levan Richmond (born September 13, 1973) is an American attorney, politician, and political advisor who is a senior adviser to the Democratic National Committee. A member of the Democratic Party, Richmond represented the 101st district in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 2000 to 2011. Richmond was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district from 2011 to 2021. His district included most of New Orleans. From 2017 to 2019, Richmond chaired the Congressional Black Caucus. Beginning with his third term, he was the only Louisiana Democrat serving in either chamber of the United States Congress. In 2019, he was named the first national co-chair of Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. On September 5, 2020, he was named a co-chair of Biden's presidential transition. On November 17, 2020, Richmond announced he would leave Congress in January 2021 to serve as Senior Advisor to the President and director of the White House Office of Public Liaison, which Biden renamed the White House Office of Public Engagement.